Wiegert with a mock-up prototype of the Vector WX-8 at the 2007 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show
Born
Gerald Alden Wiegert
(1944-07-12)July 12, 1944
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Died
January 15, 2021(2021-01-15) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Education
Transportation design, vehicle and product design[2]
Alma mater
Center for Creative Studies[2] Art Center College of Design[2] Northrop University[3]
Occupation(s)
Entrepreneur Vehicle engineer and designer
Years active
1970–2021
Gerald Alden "Jerry" Wiegert (July 12, 1944 – January 15, 2021) was an American automotive engineer and businessman, notable as the founder of two companies, Vector Motors and Aquajet, and for designing the products marketed by those companies.
Wiegert initially became well known in the late 1970s when he began development of The Vector, a high-performance sports car intended to be America's answer to European cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche.[4] This concept would be further developed into the Vector W8, which was manufactured and sold between 1989 and 1993.
^Griffin, Edelstein (January 20, 2021). "Jerry Wiegert, founder of Vector supercars, dead at 76". Motor Authority.
^ abcGriffin, Larry (December 1980). "Vector W2: This is Wiegert at War, and we wish him Godspeed". Car and Driver.
^"Company Information: Biography of Gerald Wiegert". vectormotors.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^Linde, Arvid (May 11, 2011). Preston Tucker and Others: Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovators and Innovations. Veloce Publishing Ltd. pp. 77–81. ISBN 9781845844318.
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